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Where does “ψύλλα” come from?

ψύλλα (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European *plus-.

ψύλλα (Ancient Greek): flea; type of venomous spider, perhaps a type of...

Definitions

  1. flea; type of venomous spider, perhaps a type of...

Ancestry of “ψύλλα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European*plus-—

Words derived from “ψύλλα”

  • psyllium
  • psyllid
  • psyllium
  • psyllion
  • Psylloidea
  • Psylla
  • Psyllidae
  • ψύλλιον
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